Collection place: Central Africa / Culture or time period: Central Bantu / Accession number: Acc.4739 - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

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1. Box with lid

Museum number:: 5-16349
Culture or time period:: Ba Kuba
Object class:: Boxes (containers)
Collector:: Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Republic of the Congo

2. Box with lid

Museum number:: 5-16345a,b
Culture or time period:: Ba Kuba
Object class:: Boxes (containers)
Collector:: Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Republic of the Congo

3. Box with lid

Museum number:: 5-16348
Culture or time period:: Ba Kuba
Object class:: Boxes (containers)
Collector:: Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Republic of the Congo

4. Box with lid

Museum number:: 5-16350
Culture or time period:: Ba Kuba
Object class:: Boxes (containers)
Collector:: Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Republic of the Congo

5. Box with lid

Museum number:: 5-16346a,b
Culture or time period:: Ba Kuba
Object class:: Boxes (containers)
Collector:: Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Republic of the Congo

6. Buttons

Museum number:: 5-16415a-h
Culture or time period:: Ba Pende
Object class:: Buttons (fasteners) and Masks (costume)
Function:: 2.2 Personal Adornments and Accoutrements
Dimensions:: height 1.1 centimeters, length 3.3 centimeters, and width 1.2 centimeters
Collector:: Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Leopoldville, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Central Africa
Collection date:: 1944

7. Cup

Museum number:: 5-16340
Culture or time period:: Ba Kuba and Chokwe
Object class:: Cups (drinking vessels)
Function:: 1.5 Household
Dimensions:: width 11.6 centimeters and height 16 centimeters
Collector:: Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Republic of the Congo
Collection date:: 1964

8. Drum

Museum number:: 5-16419
Culture or time period:: Ba Yaka
Object class:: Carvings (visual works) and Drums (membranophones)
Function:: 5.4 Secular and Religious Musical Instruments
Dimensions:: height 22.5 centimeters and width 3.5 centimeters
Collector:: Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Republic of the Congo
Collection date:: 1965

9. Enema funnel (instrument)

Museum number:: 5-16420
Culture or time period:: Ba Kuba
Object class:: Carvings (visual works) and Geometric patterns
Dimensions:: diameter 4.5 centimeters and length 20.1 centimeters
Collector:: Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Republic of the Congo
Collection date:: 1968

10. Figure

Museum number:: 5-16282a-c
Culture or time period:: Ba Yaka
Object class:: Carvings (visual works)
Function:: 5.0 Use not specified (Ritual, Pageantry, and Recreation)
Dimensions:: height 36.5 centimeters and width 8.9 centimeters
Collector:: Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Republic of the Congo